Acar, William; Keating, Robert J.; Aupperle, Kenneth E.; … - In: Journal of Management Studies 40 (2003) 5, pp. 1225-1254
This study has a dual thrust. "Substantively", it revisits Chandler's pragmatic fit-performance directive (Chandler's 'efficiency thesis') or his assertion that firms whose structure matches their strategy become more effective than mismatched firms. It is important to revisit the empirical...